Travel Blogs from Sado

... had pre-ordered. The relatives have been so incredibly accommodating. They found out that John liked pizza so they had to go and buy some to add to the dinner menu. To Kiyoko and Shunichi's house. Very beautiful home. Large - Shunichi's parents live in an adjoining separate house. The 3 of us slept in a tatami room just off the living room where the obutsudan is located. Kiyoko, Misako, and Kiyomi scrambled around the kitchen and in about 30 minutes there was ...

... the Hikari to Kyoto. It was super fast and we were there in no time. Our hostel in really nice, great location, tiny room but comfy bed and very clean. It is called Khaosan Kyoto and has 6 floors. We have a double room, very compact but fine. There is a dining, kitchen and sitting area on the floor under ours which is handy. To avoid the chilly wind and the sporadic little snow flurries, we went for a scout around the area I'd heard the ...

... huge big snow flakes falling down, it has eased up a bit now but was lovely, such a novelty coming from the tropics to snow. A big on of us got dropped in for dinner at 6. We ended up at a ramen place for warm soup and a beer. We sat with a young NZ guy here for the skiing. After this he took us to a cute little bar where we had to try the sake cocktails. The most popular was the Cointreau, tonic and sake one. It was not badly prices too at ...

... by our host at the train station and taken in his van down the windy snow lined roads to our guesthouse Mont Cervin. It has about 5 rooms and is decorated to look like someone's house, very cosy and most importantly warm. We were able to check in and settle before being taken into town for a meal. We were taken to a recommendation to Udon Fu where I had a tempura with udon soup. Wow ...

... dinner served in our room and it's our last night in Japan. Tomorrow we head home for Australia. This has been another amazing trip to Japan for us. Some people have asked why keep heading to Japan when there are so many other places to see. For us it is a no brainer, copious amounts of snow, amazing food, incredible people and only one flight away. The only thing missing is having the kids with us; miss you guys both heaps and heaps and can't wait to see you ...